Positive Quote Of The Day May 2012

[pjbs35a]

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

-- Chinese proverb

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

-- Jewish proverb

[Jeff]

Good one!

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

-- James A. Garfield

[Jeff]

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[Princess'Mom]

:thumbsup::thumbsup: Thanks!

[pjbs35a]

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

-- Thomas A. Kempis

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

As one's fortunes are reduced, one's spirit must expand to fill the void.

-- Winston Churchill

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.

-- Wang Yang-Ming (1472-1529) Chinese Philosopher

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

-- Anatole France

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

-- Nicholas Murray Butler

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Children need models rather than critics.

-- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher


Headed to the beach for a few days. Think Positive until I return.

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."

-- Washington Gladden


Happy Mothers Day

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the true poetry of life.

-- Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian Physician

[PopPhan]

Very nice statement.

Thanks for doing this daily!!

[pdrlkr]

Thanks Frankie! :thumbsup:

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them.

-- Francis Bacon

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

... A human activity having for its purpose the transmission of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen. (on the purpose of art).

-- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian Novelist

[Jeff]

Sometimes I wonder?:confused:

[pjbs35a]

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

-- Aristotle

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.

-- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

-- Washington Irving (1783-1859) American Writer

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength.

-- Anonymous

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything: "I will try" has accomplished wonders.

-- George P. Burnham

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

Don't give the people what they want, give them something better.

-- Entertainment pioneer Sam Rothafel

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer

[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.

-- Ralph Nichols

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Are there not... Two points in the adventure of the diver: One -- when a beggar, he prepares to plunge? Two -- when a prince, he rises with his pearl? I plunge!

-- Robert Browning

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.

-- Charles Darwin

[Jeff]

I would skip on the poetry!:thumbsup:

[pjbs35a]

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.

-- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish Writer

[pjbs35a]

Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process.

-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

[Jeff]

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[pjbs35a]

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

-- James Buckham

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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[pjbs35a]

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.
Mark Twain

[Jeff]

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[vizsla]

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